Clueless

Posted on November 10, 2006 by Paul

I get emailings from the don’t-deserve-a-link group the American Family Association. Such a name means one of two things, I’ll let you guess which is right:

a) A collection of concerned parents, community leaders etc. coming together to help families through times of trouble, perhaps by offering health care discounts, counseling services, or just an online meeting place to discuss issues.
b) A collection of Christianists who think that the homos are bent (snigger) on taking the sacred institution of marriage, (as defined by Christ, though ignoring the bit about divorce) away from decent, god-fearing American white people everywhere.

In case you’re still stuck, here’s a clue from the AFA’s most recent mailing:

In a show of support to help homosexuals legalize same-sex marriage, Wal-Mart has agreed to automatically donate 5% of online sales directly to the Washington DC Community Center for Gay, Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender People.

Damn those interior-decorating-nancy-boy-enabling monopsonist bastards! How many millions of dollars are going to be syphoned to those heathen GLBTs in DC? G-damnit, 5% of Wal-Mart’s online sales means they’re going to be one of the best funded charity in the US, there’ll be trannies in limos throughout the Capi… Wait, 5% of all online sales? That really is a lot for a single charity of any description. Let’s return to the AFA’s email:

The cash donation will come from online purchases made at Wal-Mart through the homosexual group’s Web site.

Ah. So basically they’ve been approved to join the Wal-Mart Affiliate Program. Huh. Well I could do that.

Solar Wi-Fi

Posted on November 9, 2006 by Paul

My old city of St Louis Park was implementing a city-wide Wi-Fi network when I left. I hadn’t realized that they’re planning to power much of the network using 400 photovoltaic panels. It’s great to see a city providing infrastructure like this, and doing it in an economical and environmentally responsible way.

Elections

Posted on November 8, 2006 by Paul

I didn’t bother predicting a result, because I don’t know enough to add anything (not that this stops me generally). But I will say that things look about as I had expected in both houses, though the Senate has turned out even better than I had thought. Having said that, let’s not get into the incubating poultry predictive enumeration business.

What you may not expect is that I’m a little saddened by this. I think a strong conservative voice is important in government, and it’s just a shame that the Republicans are neither conservative nor strong. I wish them well on a come-back, preferably to the great (comparatively) party they were many years ago.

Reasons to be Fearful

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Paul — 3 Comments ↓

Another reason to vote against the Republicans, even if you can’t bring yourself to vote forthe Democrats. The government published details on how to build a nuclear bomb on the internet. In Arabic. No word yet on when the accompanying starter nuke kit will be shipping.

If you must, vote them in for dog catcher, but please don’t give them any actual responsibility.

Update: Here are another 109 reasons

Update 2: I forgot a clarification, but it’s an important one to me. It’s more important that you vote than that you vote for the Democrats. I don’t know why you would want to vote for these Republicans, but if that’s your choice then don’t stay at home.

Vote Tomorrow

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Paul

if you needed inspiration, here’s a video that sums up the Republican Party better than anything I’ve seen to date.